Crazy crowds at the market

This morning we woke up a little late and didn't make it to the farmers market until about 9:30ish. Wow! Can we say "let's not do that again!?". Between the Florida heat and the crazy crowds, it just wasn't something Marily or I wanted to repeat. It's like vulchers fighting over roadkill...except it's produce people! Anyway we decided that we either wake up early or we don't go at all.





Even with that, there were still several great experiences during this trip. First, we walked through this beautiful walkway to get to the market. Secondly, we enjoyed our first taste of crepes from a vendor who whips them up to order. We chose one with strawberries, banannas and nutella topped with some powdered sugar.




I wanted to take some pics of the market for this blog post but it was a little tough with the crowds mentioned earlier. So, you'll just have to settle for one of our score:





We grabbed another 1/2 pound of fresh roasted coffee from Z-Coffee (Sulawesi beans this time). Marily had her eye on some specialty pastas, so we grabbed some lemon basil fettuccine and sun dried tomato fettuccine. We also got some nice hickory smoked cheddar cheese that will go fantastic with the ciabatta rolls from last week. Other then that, just some nice vegetables for cooking this week.

Oh, by the way..last week Marily and I put ourselves up to the challenge to select a new ingrediant each week that we wouldn't normally cook with. Kind of like Iron Chef but without the competition ;-). Last week it was fennel. This week it's leeks. Hmmm, I wonder what recipe we'll choose to enjoy our leeks?


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